Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Berry Ringwork
Port Eynon, Swansea, Wales
A scheduled monument in Port Eynon, Swansea, recorded as Ringwork (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ringwork
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Port Eynon
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.57422, -4.20604
- SAM number
- GM178
- Cadw record number
- 3745
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 246 Worms Head (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1920 · Sheet 100. Llanelly. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of an earthwork/stone-built enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric. The enclosure has triple concentric banks and ditches with an internal diameter of 30m. There is an entrance to the north-east which leads to a spring.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- St Maurice's ChurchChurchunder 1 mi
- Providence Baptist Chapel and attached ManseReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Burry Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Stouthall Ice HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.